So the clue was, ‘This temperate coral undergoes quiescence in the winter. Another word for this is … ?’” Anya Brown has ...

If the local taramea population gets out of control, it could permanently destroy Rarotonga’s reef, “and these young people might not see it again,” said Teina Rongo, KO’s founder and the ...

Rarotonga is unique among most small islands ... navigation, settlement, and reef health. It’s also a sustainable cultural business incubator supporting locals who make, develop, and sell ...

Where: The largest of the fifteen-island Cooks archipelago, Rarotonga lies smack-dab in the center of the South Pacific, surrounded by Tokelau, Samoa, Nuie, and Tahiti. What: What many consider to ...

Simmering in a tropical heat, the Cook Islands gently sizzles the senses. It starts before touchdown when that aerial view ...

For the newly certified, the diving bug bites hard. Once you've experienced the magic of scuba, which gives you special access to the underwater world below, it's natural to alway ...

Encircled by a coral reef, the Rarotongan lagoon supports a ... My 70-something parents have just returned from their maiden holiday on Rarotonga, spell-bound by their tropical adventures.

Rarotonga doesn't have a lot of roses ... We swim across the lagoon to a gap in the reef at a passage called Ava'avaroa. Below the water, a community of green and hawksbill turtles are waiting.

It’s one of only three dive hubs in the South Pacific with such a prestigious certification (Sau Bay Resort & Spa in Fiji and Dive Rarotonga in ... a thriving grey reef shark population, and ...

On Saturday, the Honolulu-based carrier began once-weekly service to Rarotonga, which is the largest of the Cook Islands. This is the first time Hawaiian has served the country since 1993 ...